June 23, 2010
Program Management for Collaboration, Standardization, and Overall Success
To deliver successful projects consistently with appropriate value and return for all stakeholders, the AEC industry needs to review the personal and contractual processes, relationships, and dynamics at play among owners, contractors, designers, and the entire supply chain. Moreover, the industry must also review core enabling technology solutions and how they interact to help ensure a return on investment. Jayan Chacko will discuss how an integrated program management solution enhances collaboration and provides an interoperable and scalable platform to enable efficient, standardized processes and deliver projects on time and on budget through increased agility, productivity, predictability and efficiency. Also, Christine Brack, PMP, will discuss how to cater solutions to meet stakeholders’ information needs. Before management; processes can be executed, it’s essential to establish the informational needs of the major stakeholders and decision makers. What are their terms for return on investment? How do they define success? How do they prefer to interface;Elaborate program management processes and solutions take us only so far — if they deliver; project information in a format non-conducive to the way stakeholders ;need to present to their superiors — we’re not getting the most out of it.
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November 12, 2009
Collaboration: Technology Imperatives for Transportation Design
Transportation agencies, their consultants and contractors face tremendous opportunities and challenges in today’s infrastructure market. Although the economic stimulus package provides monetary funding toward new infrastructure construction and the rehabilitation of existing roads, today’s economic climate places increased significance on increasing quality with accelerated project timelines.  How do government agencies, their consultants and contractors optimize their workflows and collaborative processes throughout an infrastructure project’s lifecycle? This webcast will explore how approaches based on 3D model based design support improvements in project quality, as well as cost- and time-saving practices including: better coordination to expedite project review, survey data integration, GPS machine control, enhanced communications through visualization, and more.
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